He was just a boy barely 17Feelin' drunk and talkin' toughBut he wasn't really meanBumped into this sidewinderShould have backed wayGave him some lipTurned out they wereThe last words he would say

All the sins that men commit before their doneHis killer backed into one smokin' silver gunNo one asked his name, nobody caredBut I saw his face as the blue smoke cleared

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Devil came and said, Sinner finally you are mineBut pardon me Mr. Devil but I think I need more time,I've got a lot of mendin' up in life to doThe Devil said, You should have thought of that,Before I came for you

Take this rope and wind it once for every lieOnce for every thoughtless actAnd twice for tears they criedWalk 50 miles naked in the desert sunPraying for the souls that you have ruined, one by one

No one knew his name, nobody caredBut I saw his face as he was hangin' there